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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin M. Lynch, Woodside, CA (US);
Matthew J. Allen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David A. Krimsley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher P. Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel De Rocha Rosario, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew S. Kim, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Arian Behzadi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen B. Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A first input to a mobile device indicates a first navigation destination at a first level of specificity. The mobile device initiates navigation towards a first location corresponding to the first navigation destination. While navigation towards the first location corresponding to the first navigation destination is ongoing and before reaching the first location, in accordance with a determination that one or more first criteria are satisfied, the mobile device prompts for an input for determination a second location corresponding to a second navigation destination with a second level of specificity, the second level of specificity more specific than the first level of specificity. The mobile device receives a second input in response to the prompt. In accordance with a determination that the second input satisfies one or more second criteria, the mobile device initiates navigation towards the second location corresponding to the second navigation destination.